mound
noun
a natural elevation of earth; a hillock or knoll.
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
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The solution was mounding the road a bit in the center and building sloping stone-lined ditches on both sides of the avenue to carry the runoff away.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2024